Week 3 Bulletin

Our students, junior and senior, know how to enjoy themselves on GALA DAY. The photographs in this week's Bulletin tell some of the story of ingenuity and care in choosing and making costumes of extraordinary variety offered by the theme of Disney / Childhood! It was a day based in imagination, in enterprise, in team work on the stalls and in performing courageously on stage with hundreds of peers watching on. It's also about more than fun, with over $6,800 of funds raised being directed towards a number of charities as chosen by the students. Well done to all.

Upcoming:

Quiz Night: Time to make a table with other parents, friends and relatives for Friday June 1. Tickets are available at the Accounts Office or online here:https://stdo.ms/Quiz18

Parents & Friends Meeting: 7:30pm next Wednesday, 23 May in the College Reception Area.

Combined Schools Careers Expo: from 6:00pm on Wednesday 30 May. Families of Year 10-12 students are asked to refer to the information e-mailed home about this compulsory school event.

SDPC Old Scholars Movie Fundraiser Screening of 'Oceans 8': 6:30pm Sunday 10 June. Tickets are available from the College Office - see inside today's Bulletin for further details. All proceeds to go towards the OSA Serenity Garden in the new Year 12 Centre.

Gala Day is a big day for students on the St. Dominic's calendar and from the Reception Class to the Year 12s it has something for everyone. The funds raised goes to some excellent causes as chosen by the SRC. As well as the food stalls the highlights of the day include the Fashion Parade and the Talent Quest. The schedule is as follows:

Upcoming

The 2018 Parents & Friends Quiz Night is set for Friday 1 June. Tickets are on sale here. The College Office is gratefully taking receipt of prize donations. See inside the Bulletin for more information.

Looking for a last minute Mother's Day gift? Entertainment Books are available from the Accounts Office now, or online here.

The next Parents & Friends meeting is on Wednesday 23 May. Put this date in your diary now. 7:30pm in the College Reception area.

Ready, Set, Go!

We have opened the door to a full and interesting Term Two. There is something significant for every one of us to contribute to this term's educational opportunities at St. Dominic's. Special events include:

The community's GALA Day on Friday 11 May (Week 2) - the theme in 2018 is Childhood / Disney!

Upcoming Winter Sports

NAPLAN Tests between Tuesday 15 - Thursday 17 May (Week 3)

The Parents and Friends Quiz Night on Friday 1 June (Week 5) - Tickets available NEXT WEEK

Mass for the Vinnies on Tuesday 5 June (Week 6)

School drama production of Peter Panin Week 9

...and much else besides!

And, as you can see, across the road the construction of new Year 12 Centre at 74 Hill Street has well and truly begun, bringing to birth some long held dreams of the future for a school which, in its turn, has given so much to the life and fabric of North Adelaide since 1883.

Term Ends Friday 13 April

As the eleven week term one draws to a close, there is a sense that holidays are looming while work is being finalised.

End of term reports are a major formal communication between family and school. The reports cover the academic results, either as both comments and marks for senior students and comments on progress for junior and middle school students. Teachers often remark in the comments on progress that it would help a student to, "ask more questions." Of course not every student feels able to "confidently involve herself in class discussions." This can be related to shyness or to the process of formulating a question.

Parents can play a powerful part in encouraging children and youth to overcome the barriers and help their children to hear the "sound of their own voice," a very different proposition in a classroom setting from the informal exchanges at home. Of course this is a two-way thing, with teachers making time and giving encouragement also.
In addressing the data available in the reports, one notes again and again that high attendance and punctuality rates, which are normally good at St. Dominic's, can make all the difference in a child's progress where they are cause for concern.

Please note that reports for all students are being sent home to parents today.

Upcoming

Parent Teacher Interviews: Inside report envelopes today is essential information for parents of students in Years 7-12 and for Year 6 in relation to elective subjects. Everything needed in order to book parent-teacher interviews is explained. Once again the link is given to enable your easy access to the booking procedure:

A Short yet Busy Week!

This short week after Easter has begun educationally in earnest. Today the daughters of our Year 10 parents took part in a Road Safety Presentation. By the end of this busy week Students will have well and truly committed time to a balance in learning, fundamental to the MYP profile of the learner, and absolutely fundamental to an appreciation of a true Dominican education. The MYP profile of the balanced Learner defines it as:

"balancing the different aspects of our lives, intellectual, physical, spiritual and emotional to achieve well- being for ourselves and others"

By the end of the week many students will bring back to school an appreciation of the world beyond school, met through excursions into: senior Chemistry, Digital Photography, Design Technology, French film, a Dominican student leaders gathering at Cabra, a Year 12 Visual Art and Design forum, a Petanque Cup excursion for French students and the list goes on.

St Dominic's is looking towards implementing MultiLit from Term 2 2018 and are seeking parents who are interested in volunteering some time to become Tutors in the program. Please see inside today's Bulletin for more information.